Patents by Inventor Tony DURKIN

Tony DURKIN has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method For Making An Insertable Medical Device With A Low-Profile Composite Covering Using A Dry Pressing Process
    Publication number: 20240148935
    Abstract: A heart valve replacement device and methods of manufacturing same are provided. The heart valve replacement device includes a substrate and a low-profile composite covering in conformal contact with the substrate and suturelessly attached to the substrate. The low-profile composite covering includes a textile base layer and a thermoplastic polymer coating integrated with the textile base layer. The thermoplastic polymer coating or select portions thereof are substantially fluid impermeable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: David McCarthy, Tony Durkin, Dean King, Barry Nugent
  • Method For Making Insertable Medical Devices With Low Profile Composite Coverings
    Publication number: 20230270917
    Abstract: A heart valve replacement device and methods of manufacturing same are provided. The heart valve replacement device includes a substrate and a low-profile composite covering in conformal contact with the substrate and suturelessly attached to the substrate. The low-profile composite covering includes a textile base layer and a thermoplastic polymer coating integrated with the textile base layer. The thermoplastic polymer coating or select portions thereof are substantially fluid impermeable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: David McCarthy, Tony Durkin, Dean King, Barry Nugent
  • Tissue Integration Devices And Methods Of Making The Same
    Publication number: 20220347344
    Abstract: One aspect of the present disclosure relates to a tissue integration device. The tissue integration device can be produced by forming a polymer mixture into a shape. The polymer mixture can include a polymer resin and a growth-promoting medium. Next, at least one polymer forming the polymer resin can be oriented in at least one direction. The shaped polymeric material can then be formed into the tissue integration device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Tony Durkin, Dean King, Barry Nugent, Peter Mulrooney, Kieran Moloney, Peter H. Gingras
  • TISSUE INTEGRATION DEVICES AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20200179560
    Abstract: One aspect of the present disclosure relates to a tissue integration device. The tissue integration device can be produced by forming a polymer mixture into a shape. The polymer mixture can include a polymer resin and a growth-promoting medium. Next, at least one polymer forming the polymer resin can be oriented in at least one direction. The shaped polymeric material can then be formed into the tissue integration device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Tony Durkin, Dean King, Barry Nugent, Peter Mulrooney, Kieran Moloney, Peter H. Gingras
  • INSERTABLE MEDICAL DEVICES WITH LOW PROFILE COMPOSITE COVERINGS
    Publication number: 20190351099
    Abstract: A heart valve replacement and methods of manufacturing same are provided. A heart valve replacement includes a substrate and a low profile composite covering in conformal contact with the substrate and suturelessly attached to the substrate. The low profile composite covering includes a textile base layer and a thermoplastic polymer coating integrated with the textile base layer. The thermoplastic polymer coating or select portions thereof are substantially fluid impermeable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: David McCarthy, Tony Durkin, Dean King
  • Method of providing interconnected pores with a growth-promoting medium for controlled tissue integration
    Patent number: 10278751
    Abstract: The present invention is concerned with a method of manufacturing a tissue-integration device, and a tissue-integration device so produced, the method comprising the steps of wrapping a porous sheet of material around a mandrel in order to create overlapping layers of the porous sheet material, the wrapped mandrel then being placed in a mould in order to apply pressure and heat to the overlapping layers in order to effect the lamination thereof such as to form a device having spaces defined by overlapping pores of the adjacent layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: PROXY BIOMEDICAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Tony Durkin, Cormac Breathnach, Niall Rooney, Peter Gingras
  • TISSUE INTEGRATION DEVICES AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20170246344
    Abstract: One aspect of the present disclosure relates to a tissue integration device. The tissue integration device can be produced by forming a polymer mixture into a shape. The polymer mixture can include a polymer resin and a growth-promoting medium. Next, at least one polymer forming the polymer resin can be oriented in at least one direction. The shaped polymeric material can then be formed into the tissue integration device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Inventors: Tony Durkin, Dean King, Barry Nugent, Peter Mulrooney, Kieran Moloney, Peter H. Gingras
  • A METHOD OF PROVIDING INTERCONNECTED PORES WITH A GROWTH-PROMOTING MEDIUM FOR CONTROLLED TISSUE INTEGRATION
    Publication number: 20160242831
    Abstract: The present invention is concerned with a method of manufacturing a tissue-integration device, and a tissue-integration device so produced, the method comprising the steps of wrapping a porous sheet of material around a mandrel in order to create overlapping layers of the porous sheet material, the wrapped mandrel then being placed in a mould in order to apply pressure and heat to the overlapping layers in order to effect the lamination thereof such as to form a device having spaces defined by overlapping pores of the adjacent layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2014
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Applicant: Proxy Biomedical Limited
    Inventors: Tony DURKIN, Cormac BREATHNACH, Niall ROONEY, Peter GINGRAS